Thursday, October 8, 2026

Journal of Private Lemuel Lyon, Tuesday, June 27, 1758

Marched all of Colonel Phiches1 Regiment that were hear with 3 teams to carry the officers we arrived at the half way Brook2 and their a great percel stashond for a while & from thence we Marched to Lake George and went over upon the hill East & their Encamptt one with myself went upon guard this night.
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1 [Eleazer] Fitch's.

2 Afterward called Snook's creek. It enters the Hudson three miles below Fort Edward.

SOURCE: Abraham Tomlinson, Editor, The Military Journals of Two Private Soldiers, 1758-1775, p. 17

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